Borderline | 
April has exceeded my reading expectations. For books that I‘m tracking I finished one and 90% of a second series. I feel really accomplished tbh. I also read another series but I didn‘t track it because it felt closer to fanfic than my normal reads. Tagged is one of my rare five star ratings so a quality month all around.
4 ebook
4 physical
#AprilWrapUp
#BookReport
This was a pretty good reading week. The tagged was a five star read for me and that's kind of rare because I generally tend to be a three or four star rater.
#WeeklyForecast
In addition to the book I've been dragging my heels on for weeks I've started the next in the Arcadia Project series. I will probably finish it this week and move on to the third in the trilogy before ever finishing Watership Down.
pickNormally I don't really care for fey storylines (after binging them in my early twenties) but all the stars for this one. Millie is a pretty unlikable protagonists but I still ended up caring for her and wanting to see how she got on. I LOVED the mental health/disability representation in this as well. I really want to pick up the next one but I wasn't supposed to have finished this before other things on my tbr but welp.
#BuriedAliveChallenge
pick⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Wow! This book is unique in that the protagonist is not only physically disabled, but is also a self-described "Borderline." Then you add the whole urban fairy world into the mix and I was just very impressed that the author pulled all that together and made it work. It was a great story and I feel like I learned more about BPD in the process.
pickWhat an incredible book! A masterful blend of urban fantasy, Hollywood setting, mystery, and careful character study of a fascinating mentally ill, disabled character, Millie. Millie is tough and hardened, yet vulnerable and self-aware. All the secondary characters were equally fleshed out and fascinating. I loved how Baker wasn't afraid to make all of them sometimes unlikable, while also highlighting their achingly real humanity and virtues.
"It hurt, remembering optimism that now looked like idiocy."
This book is so great! I love the mix of urban fantasy, Hollywood, mystery, and a unique, messy bisexual main character with borderline personality disorder and physical disabilities. Supporting characters are very intriguing as well, with more than a few raising Millie's suspicions. #QueerBooks #BisexualBooks
pickI really adore these kinds of books, the "our world BUT WITH MAGIC." But I have to avoid thinking about them too much. ?
A physically disabled protagonist who also is diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and recovering from a suicide attempt, is introduced into a magical parallel world through the Arcadia Project.
While I didn't click with Millie as narrator, I was still swept away by the world building. ?????
1 - Fantasy 🔮
2 - not really, just your good old fashioned general anxiety
3 - a writer 🖋
4 - 38 ❄️❄️
5 - Hello! 👋🏻
#friyayintro @howjessreads
Evening reading. Neurodiverse urban fantasy with a fresh take on the Sidhe = ALL THE YES. This is fire so far🔥
pickStayed up until 4am to finish this. It was *so* good! The portrayal of Borderline personality disorder was brilliantly incorporated into the heroine and constantly impacted things. It was almost painful to read. Fantasy and noir elements seamlessly merged.
pickThis book was awesome! Urban fantasy with a wonderful and sensitively rendered heroine. She is both physically disabled and diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder. The mystery of the story is compelling and the supporting cast of characters are amazing. I cannot wait to read the next book!
Tonight's plans!
pickTW: self-harm, suicide
Borderline Personality Disorder: unstable emotions, not predictable like Bipolar. Tools like Dialectical Behavioral Therapy help, but you'll still unexpectedly drop into:
-Reason Mind: no emotion. Can be great for busy work, can be crushing emptiness. Some self-harm to feel something again.
-Emotion Mind: no reason. Creativity, mania, rage, manipulation or tantrums; maybe unprotected sex, drugs, & suicide attempts. (Contd)
pickBorderline was different and so good. A protagonist who is disabled, has a mental disorder, AND is unlikable? That's a breath of fresh air. And the plot was so interesting! Fey in Hollywood serving as literal muses. I bought book two already (it was on sale!) and it's ready to go.
July TBR! I'm really looking forward to all of these; I'm probably most excited to finish ACOWAR, which I'm about halfway done with.
#jubilantjuly @RealLifeReading
At the NM MVD again. I've been here an hour and they just called number 136... Good thing I have my book.
pickThis book cemented for me why I love urban fantasy so much. The protagonists are all those whom everyone else has thrown away and I love hearing these sidelined voices come to life. The characters are raw and real and even when they think they have nothing to offer and nothing to lose they still come through in the end. I guess I prefer my heroes damaged because who among us in humanity is not? Keep your shining armor, I'll take my rusty steel.
Day 13 of #riotgrams: Freebie. Curse my roommate for introducing me to Book Outlet. Here's my first #bookhaul from them!
pickA bisexual mentally ill woman who is learning to live as a double amputee is recruited to work with the fey in Hollywood. #ownvoices for mental illness. Full review - http://tinyurl.com/ktxjnnt
so-soTalk about a ride. This one, in part due to the main character's mental health, was a completely wild ride into Hollywood and Fey. I think due to my own issues it was almost too dramatic for me. I don't normally.ally say that about books, so I don't quite know how to feel right now. It was wildly inventive and the diversity was great, even if the southern lady trope was used. I'm on the fence, has anyone else read this one? Thoughts?
pickFun urban fantasy with a disabled and mentally ill main character. It seemed t be a pretty good portrayal although I'd love to hear more perspectives on it!
#marchintoreading day 31: #bestofmarch
Oops a day late sigh. But here are my favourites of March!!
pickWhat a fun read. Urban fantasy set in Los Angeles. And there are fey and magic which works for some readers and might turn others off. But the characters are what make this book so great. The main character has borderline personality disorder and recently attempted suicide resulting in the loss of her legs and her filmmaking career. She gets roped into a group that polices the fey in the human world. Kinda like Men in Black except for fey!
pick4.5 ⭐️ This was a fun and different urban fantasy mystery (nominated for a Nebula!). The MC has Borderline Personality Disorder, and after an incomplete suicide attempt a few years ago has also had a double amputation. A stranger walks into the facility she's been (voluntarily) living in for a few years and offers her a job. It's not what she expected. More at: https://leveledupreading.wordpress.com/2017/03/06/review-borderline-by-mishell-b...
Last night's #bookanddinner
An urban fantasy set in Los Angeles and a dinner of laksa (a noodle dish with spicy coconut gravy, bean sprouts, tofu puffs and fish cake).
#marchintoreading day 1: #marchtbr
Don't have my books with me at the moment except for this one and the truth is, I am the worst at sticking to #tbr lists. For e.g. I have said I would read The Mothers in January and then in February and it's still unread 😂
Also the library sale is on this weekend and that's bound to add to my tbr! But hey it's all for a good cause! 📚📚📚
Annnnnd the physical stack for my March TBR! I think my first reads are going to be Borderline (novel) Southern Cross Vol. 1 (graphic novel), and Born a Crime (audiobook). #TBR #marchintoreading
bailed#BookishConfession Despite liking the writing and the characters in this novel, I can't force myself past the urban fantasy tropes. Just so not my thing. If they are your thing this is definitely a book to try. #nebulaawards
Reading in the car before preschool pickup.
Ran into the library to pick up one hold (Borderline) and ran out with some comics, a cookbook and a short story collection! Have you read any of these?
pickReally enjoyable and unexpected.
A woman who has BPD (borderline personality disorder) survives a suicide attempt, becoming a double amputee in the process. A year later she is recruited into the mysterious Arcadia Project, which turns out to be managing fey & human relations. Mix in some thrills, hollywood backstabbing and quite a few funny one liners, and you've got yourself a rather good book, with room for sequels.
#popsugarreadingchallenge
pickA really fun read. Recommended by my husband, who was diagnosed with "borderline, borderline personality" as a teen, this book contained many "holy shit he totally does that" moments. The concept is great, well executed, and a lot of fun. I know I like a book when I'm sad that I have to leave the world contained between its covers. This is one if those books for sure. I'm really looking forward to the next one.
so-soThe protagonist is a little too spiky for me to enjoy this as much as the characters and plotting merit. If that sort of perspective bothers you less, this *is* a well-crafted fantasy mystery, so ymmv.
Should be doing several things, probably, but I can't stop reading Borderline. Officially hooked. Magic! Mental illness! Mystery! More things! Mmm.
(This is my favorite sticker ever, on my Kindle case.)
pickLA noir-ish novel about a woman with BPD headhunted by a secret government agency dedicated to regulating Seelie and Unseelie fae in Hollywood, narrated by a sympathetic-yet-unsentimental (or romanticized) heroine.
Went a little nuts in the daily deals section of Amazon yesterday 🙊
pickHave you ever read a book you want to run out and buy just so you can press it on unsuspecting fellow book lovers? This book is that. Read this book.
It had been a long time since I had been awakened by a sunrise, and I'm one of those rare people who adores it. I love a day I haven't screwed up yet.
pickMillie is compelling, funny, and sometimes downright obnoxious. She‘s an urban film school dropout with no legs (but great prosthetics); a mental illness for which she offers no apologies (ever); and a sense of ironic humor which ties together a completely unexpected storyline. -Amber
pickOmfg. You need this book if you're into urban fantasy. Millie Roper is not your usual heroine though. I like her so much.
so-soA unique spin on fey. A good urban paranormal story with elements of Hollywood.
pickThis book, simply put, is unputdownable. An urban fantasy set in Los Angeles, CA with some of the snappiest dialogue I've read in years. I laughed out loud, I read for hours without noticing the time, I loved every aspect of this book.
